Ron Howard
Ronald William Howard (born March 1, 1954) is an American filmmaker and actor. Howard first came to prominence as a child actor, guest-starring in several television series, including an episode of The Twilight Zone. He gained national attention for playing young Opie Taylor, the son of Sheriff Andy Taylor (played by Andy Griffith) in the sitcom The Andy Griffith Show from 1960 through 1968. During this time, he also appeared in the musical film The Music Man (1962), a critical and commercial success. He was credited as Ronny Howard in his film and television appearances from 1959 to 1973. Howard was cast in one of the lead roles in the coming-of-age film American Graffiti (1973), which received widespread acclaim and became one of the most profitable films in history. The following year, Howard became a household name for playing Richie Cunningham in the sitcom Happy Days, a role he would play from 1974 through 1984. Howard continued appearing in films during this time, such as the western film The Shootist (1976) and the comedy film Grand Theft Auto (1977), which also marked his directorial debut. In 1984, Howard left Happy Days to focus on directing, producing and occasionally writing variety films and television series. His films include the science-fiction/fantasy Cocoon (1985), the fantasy Willow (1988), the thriller Backdraft (1991), the historical docudrama Apollo 13 (1995), the Christmas comedy How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000), the biographical drama A Beautiful Mind (2001), the biographical sports drama Cinderella Man (2005), the thriller The Da Vinci Code (2006), the historical drama Frost/Nixon (2008), Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018), and the documentary Pavarotti (2019). For A Beautiful Mind, Howard won the Academy Award for Best Director and Academy Award for Best Picture. He was nominated again for the same awards for Frost/Nixon. In 2003, Howard was awarded the National Medal of Arts. He was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 2013. Howard has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions in the television and motion pictures industries. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ron Howard, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
(Self (archive footage))
The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration
(Wilcox Boy (archive footage))
American Graffiti
(Steve Bolander)
Willow: Behind the Magic
(Self - Director, Willow, 1988 / Executive Producer, Willow, 2022)
Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored
(Himself)
The Shootist
(Gillom Rogers)
More American Graffiti
(Steve Bolander)
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery
(Self)
The Music Man
(Winthrop Paroo)
Village of the Giants
(Genius)
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
(Eddie Corbett)
Five Minutes to Live
(Bobby Wilson)
The Spikes Gang
(Les)
Eat My Dust
(Hoover Niebold)
Grand Theft Auto
(Sam Freeman)
Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible
(Self)
Corman's World
(Self - Filmmaker)
The Journey
(Billy Rhinelander)
Sheldon Leonard's Wonderful Life
(Himself)
Roger Corman, the Pope of Pop Cinema
(Self)
Frank Capra's American Dream
(Self)
Huckleberry Finn
(Huckleberry Finn)
Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13
(Self)
Happy Mother's Day, Love George
(Johnny)
Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial
(Herbert Biberman)
The Arrested Development Documentary Project
(Self)
Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck
(Self)
Smoke
(Chris (as Ronny Howard))
The Magical World of Chuck Jones
(Self)
Tom Hanks: The Nomad
(Self (archive footage))
Radioman
(Self)
The Wild Country
(Virgil Tanner)
Locusts
(Donny Fletcher)
George Lucas: Creating an Empire
(Self)
Bitter Harvest
(Ned De Vries)
Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel
(Self)
The Migrants
(Lyle Barlow)
John Wayne: Cowboys & Demons
(Self)
Night Shift
(Annoying Sax Player (uncredited))
Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel
(Self)
The First Nudie Musical
(Auditioning Actor)
Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies
(Self)
'Tis the Season: The Holidays on Screen
(Self)
Fire on the Mountain
(Lee Mackie)
Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero
(Self)
Showbiz Kids
(Self (archive footage))
Television: The First Fifty Years
(Self / Opie Taylor / Ritchie Cunningham (archive footage))
Kasdan on Kasdan
(Self)
Donald Trump's The Art of the Deal: The Movie
(Himself)
The Making of 'American Graffiti'
(Self)
Osmosis Jones
(Tom Colonic (voice))
Sitcom: The Adventures of Garry Marshall
(Himself)
The Independent
(Ron Howard)
NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney
(Self - Host)
Music by John Williams
(Self - Filmmaker)
Act of Love
(Leon Cybulkowski)
Welcome to Hollywood
(Ron Howard)
Return to Mayberry
(Opie Taylor)
First Works
(Self)
A Special: Olivia Newton-John
Cannes: All Access
(Self)
I'm a Fool
(Andy)
Tell Them Who You Are
(Self)
Peanuts in Space: Secrets of Apollo 10
(Self)
And the Oscar Goes To...
(Self (archive footage))
A Boy Called Nuthin’
(Richie 'Nuthin'' Caldwell)
From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic
(Self)
Dads
(Self)
The Shootist: The Legend Lives On
(Self (archive footage) (uncredited))
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation
(Self)
Inside a Beautiful Mind
(Self)
Making a 'Splash'
(Self - Director)
Weezer: Video Capture Device - Treasures from the Vault 1991-2002
(Richie Cunningham ("Buddy Holly") (archive footage))
Willow: The Making of an Adventure
(Self - Director)
From Morf to Morphing: The Dawn of Digital Filmmaking
(Self - Director)
The Happy Days of Garry Marshall
(Self)
The Directors: The Films of Roger Corman
(Self)
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
(Richie Cunningham (archive footage))
Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages
(Self)
Ron Howard: 50 Years in Film
(Self)
1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever!
(Self)
The Andy Griffith Show
(Opie Taylor)
The Great Adventure
(Daniel Waterhouse)
Inside the Actors Studio
(Self)
The Simpsons
(Ron Howard (voice))
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang
(Richie Cunningham)
M*A*S*H
(Wendell)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
(Self)
The F.B.I.
(Jess Orkin)
The Daily Show
(Self)
Route 66
The View
(Self)
E! True Hollywood Story
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Happy Days
(Richie Cunningham)
Happy Days
Donny & Marie
(Self)
Laverne & Shirley
Gunsmoke
(Jamie)
General Electric Theater
(Barnaby Baxter)
Lassie
The Colbert Report
MADtv
(Self)
I Spy
(Alan Loden)
The Waltons
Arrested Development
(Narrator)
The Monroes
Dennis the Menace
Battle of the Network Stars
Daniel Boone
(Luke)
The Fugitive
(Gus)
Lancer
The Headmaster
The Big Valley
(Tommy)
Pete and Gladys
Judd for the Defense
The New Breed
(Tommy Simms)
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
(Self)
Johnny Ringo
(Ricky Parrott)
Insight
Where Are They Now?
(Self)
Dr. Kildare
(Jerry Prentice)
Five Fingers
The Oscars
(Self)
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
(Wim)
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
(Self - Guest)
The Smith Family
(Bob Smith)
The Captain and Tennille
(Self)
Gentle Ben
(Jerry)
Gentle Ben
(Jody Cutler)
The View
(Self - Guest)
From the Earth to the Moon
(Ron Howard)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
(Self)
Saturday Night Live
(Self - Host)
Dennis the Menace
(Stewart)
100 Years of Warner Bros.
(Self)
Mayberry R.F.D.
(Opie Taylor)
Frasier
(Stephen (voice))
Bonanza
(Ted Hoag)
The Graham Norton Show
(Self)
Chelsea
(Self)
General Electric Theater
(Randy)
The Odd Couple
(Stanley)
The Twilight Zone
(Wilcox Boy)
Greatest Geek Year Ever! 1982
(Self)
The Bob Hope Show
(Self)
The Mike Douglas Show
(Self - Co-Host)
The Mike Douglas Show
(Self)
This Is Us
(Ron Howard (uncredited))
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
(Self)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Love, American Style
(Richie Cunningham)
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
(Cory Merlino)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
(Self - Guest)
Land of the Giants
(Jodar)
Light & Magic
(Self - Producer, Actor, Writer)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
(Self - Guest)
The Danny Thomas Show
(Opie Taylor)
Reunited Apart
(Self)
Real Time with Bill Maher
(Self)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
(Self)
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
(Little Boy Eating Candy Bar)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
(Self)
Off Camera with Sam Jones
(Self)
Kulturplatz
(Self)
Dinah!
(Self)
The Danny Kaye Show
(Self)
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
(Opie Taylor)
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
(Little Boy with Ray Gun)
Only Murders in the Building
(Ron Howard)
Top Gear
(Self)
Golden Globe Awards
(Self - Presenter)
The Studio
Great Performances
(Self)
A Beautiful Mind
(Director)
A Beautiful Mind
(Producer)
Prophet's Prey
(Executive Producer)
Apollo 13
(Director)
Parenthood
(Director)
The Da Vinci Code
(Director)
The Da Vinci Code
(Producer)
Cocoon
(Director)
Splash
(Director)
Willow
(Director)
The Alamo
(Producer)
Cinderella Man
(Director)
Cinderella Man
(Producer)
Backdraft
(Director)
Downfall: The Case Against Boeing
(Executive Producer)
The Day Sports Stood Still
(Executive Producer)
Changeling
(Producer)
Ransom
(Director)
Far and Away
(Director)
Far and Away
(Producer)
EDtv
(Director)
EDtv
(Producer)
The Chamber
(Producer)
Frost/Nixon
(Director)
The Paper
(Director)
The 'Burbs
(Executive Producer)
The Missing
(Director)
The Missing
(Producer)
Inventing the Abbotts
(Producer)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
(Director)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
(Producer)
Inside Deep Throat
(Producer)
Curious George
(Producer)
Gung Ho
(Director)
Paper & Glue
(Executive Producer)
Angels & Demons
(Director)
Angels & Demons
(Producer)
Through the Magic Pyramid
(Executive Producer)
Night Shift
(Director)
The Dilemma
(Director)
Skyward
(Executive Producer)
Cowboys & Aliens
(Producer)
Grand Theft Auto
(Director)
Grand Theft Auto
(Writer)
Who Are You, Charlie Brown?
(Executive Producer)
Presidential Reunion
(Director)
Rush
(Director)
Rush
(Producer)
Katy Perry: Part of Me
(Producer)
In the Heart of the Sea
(Director)
Deed of Daring-Do
(Director)
Cards, Cads, Guns, Gore, and Death...
(Director)
Old Paint
(Director)
Leave No Trace
(Executive Producer)
Made in America
(Director)
Skyward
(Director)
Julia
(Executive Producer)
Out of the Blue
(Executive Producer)
Vibes
(Executive Producer)
Wedding Season
(Executive Producer)
Eden
(Producer)
Inferno
(Director)
The Good Lie
(Producer)
Skyward Christmas
(Executive Producer)
Cotton Candy
(Director)
Cotton Candy
(Writer)
The Slumber Party
(Executive Producer)
The Dark Tower
(Producer)
Through the Magic Pyramid
(Director)
Frida
(Executive Producer)
Frost/Nixon
(Producer)
The Beanie Bubble
(Producer)
Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle
(Executive Producer)
Eden
(Director)
Personality Crisis: One Night Only
(Executive Producer)
We Feed People
(Director)
We Feed People
(Producer)
Love Advice from the Great Duke of Hell
(Producer)
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years
(Director)
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years
(Producer)
The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari
(Executive Producer)
In the Heart of the Sea
(Producer)
Judy Blume Forever
(Executive Producer)
Bono & The Edge: A Sort of Homecoming with Dave Letterman
(Executive Producer)
Curious George: A Halloween Boo Fest
(Executive Producer)
Made in America
(Producer)
Inferno
(Producer)
The Sound of Philadelphia
(Executive Producer)
Whalefall
(Producer)
The Dilemma
(Producer)
Beyond the Mat
(Producer)
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
(Executive Producer)
Restless
(Producer)
Jim Henson Idea Man
(Director)
Jim Henson Idea Man
(Producer)
Mulholland Dr.
(Executive Producer)
Solo: A Star Wars Story
(Director)
The Spy Who Dumped Me
(Executive Producer)
When Your Lover Leaves
(Executive Producer)
No Greater Gift
(Executive Producer)
Gung Ho
(Executive Producer)
No Man's Land
(Executive Producer)
Being Frank
(Producer)
Carlos
(Executive Producer)
The Lone Star Kid
(Executive Producer)
Untitled Barbara Walters Documentary
(Executive Producer)
tick, tick... BOOM!
(Producer)
Parenthood
(Story)
Tetris
(Executive Producer)
Apollo 13
(Executive Music Producer)
The PJ's
(Executive Producer)
Curious George: Go West, Go Wild
(Executive Producer)
Far and Away
(Story)
Music by John Williams
(Producer)
Pavarotti
(Director)
Pavarotti
(Producer)
Backdraft 2
(Executive Producer)
Hillbilly Elegy
(Director)
Hillbilly Elegy
(Producer)
The Shrinking of Treehorn
(Director)
The Shrinking of Treehorn
(Producer)
Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band
(Executive Producer)
Splash
(Producer)
Dads
(Producer)
Rebuilding Paradise
(Director)
Rebuilding Paradise
(Producer)
Spy vs. Spy
(Producer)
The Fixer
(Director)
Into Thin Air
(Executive Producer)
Thirteen Lives
(Director)
Thirteen Lives
(Producer)
Lucy and Desi
(Executive Producer)
Clean and Sober
(Executive Producer)
Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey!
(Executive Producer)
D. Wade: Life Unexpected
(Producer)
Curious George
(Producer)
The Lost Children
(Executive Producer)
From the Earth to the Moon
(Producer)
Curious George
(Executive Producer)
The Beast
(Producer)
Sports Night
(Producer)
Arrested Development
(Executive Producer)
The PJs
(Executive Producer)
Felicity
(Producer)
Wonderland
(Producer)
Parenthood
(Producer)
Parenthood
(Producer)
Hiller and Diller
(Producer)
Breakthrough
(Director)
Genius
(Executive Producer)
68 Whiskey
(Executive Producer)
Sports Night
(Executive Producer)
Willow
(Executive Producer)
The Astronauts
(Executive Producer)
On Pointe
(Executive Producer)
We Are: The Brooklyn Saints
(Executive Producer)
Felicity
(Executive Producer)
Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel
(Executive Producer)
Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol
(Executive Producer)
Under the Banner of Heaven
(Executive Producer)
Gossip
(Executive Producer)
Crime Scene: The Times Square Killer
(Executive Producer)
David Blaine: Do Not Attempt
(Executive Producer)
Web of Make Believe: Death, Lies and the Internet
(Executive Producer)
Light & Magic
(Executive Producer)
Crime Scene: The Texas Killing Fields
(Executive Producer)
Murf the Surf: Jewels, Jesus, and Mayhem in the USA
(Executive Producer)
Taiwan Crime Stories
(Executive Producer)
Bossy Bear
(Executive Producer)
The Tiny Chef Show
(Executive Producer)
The Super Models
(Executive Producer)
The Dynasty: New England Patriots
(Executive Producer)
Choir
(Executive Producer)
The Truth About Jim
(Executive Producer)
The Gringo Hunters
(Executive Producer)
I'm Not a Monster: The Lois Riess Murders
(Executive Producer)
Churchill at War
(Executive Producer)
Breakthrough
(Creator)
Mars
(Creator)
From the Earth to the Moon
(Creator)